In the last exciting episode, peter_e@gmx.net (Peter Eisentraut) wrote:
> josh@bitbuckets.com wrote:
>> PostgreSQL is licensed under a BSD-style license, which due to its
>> lack of licensing fees allows corporate and individual users more
>> flexibility than the competition.
>
> This is an incorrect interpretation of the licensing situation.
> There are plenty of licenses that are granted free of charge but
> still leave the recipient without any flexibility. The advantage of
> the BSD license is the lack of restrictions on modication and
> distribution.
I suggested, separately, a "more flexible" :-) wording for this.
One of the benefits of the BSD license is that it means that users are
not left agonizing over which license, from a "dueling licenses"
structure, applies to them. They can do as they need to without
needing to worry about licensing fees or choices.
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